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Alamogordo man gets 75 years in prison for child sexual abuse

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ALAMOGORD, N.M. — A judge sentenced an Alamogordo man to 75 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of multiple child sexual abuse charges. Judge Stephen Ochoa sentenced 58-year-old John Nelson West to 75 years in prison Friday. This comes around three months after a jury found West guilty of seven charges he faced. The 12th Judicial District Attorney’s Office launched an investigation on May 31, 2023, after a child reported the abuse to l…

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Alamogordo, NM— A 58-year-old man from Alamogordo was convicted on Friday to 75 years in the Department of Corrections of New Mexico on multiple counts of child sexual abuse, reported the Office of the Prosecutor of the Twelfth Judicial District. Nelson West was convicted by a jury from Otero County on 17 September of five counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, a charge of criminal sexual contact with a minor and a charge of seduction…

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KVIA broke the news in Panama City, United States on Monday, December 15, 2025.
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